Annals of Improbable Research Goes Free Online 50
prostoalex writes "The Annals of Improbable Research, a scientific publication that hosts the annual Ig Nobel awards, has decided to offer its publication free online, News.com reports. According to the journal Web site, visitors can view HTML articles with low-res images or download low-res PDFs for free. High-resolution PDFs and 'traditional on-the-toilet-readable paper-and-ink' issues are still available for a subscription fee."
Re:A really small audience. (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Fond memories of bygone days (Score:4, Informative)
The JIR was purchased by Blackwell Scientific. The staff had a hard time reproducing the good results they had working with their previous publisher, and indeed producing anything at all. The staff quit, and formed AIR.
Re:A really small audience. (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Fond memories of bygone days (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Not taking slashdotters into account there (Score:3, Informative)
If you have something to stand it on, a laptop works just fine, too.